Bernhard Anton Funke (1869-1955)
Mushrooms (Fly agaric – Amanita muscaria) watercolour, 22 x 12,5 cm.
Month: June 2014
Ave Babalon
“We have waited long enough for the politicians and statesmen to accomplish what they have promised to accomplish. Peace. Peace. Eternal Peace. We have sent them here to make peace…They have cheated us. They have fooled us. Hundreds of millions of people in Europe and in America, billions of…
Strength.
When it comes to achieving your goals, let nothing stand in your way. Like a river flowing down the side of a great mountain. Your determination must be unstoppable. Let nothing stand in your way. Let nothing hold you back.
New design I did for Monster Aesthetics.. no one has seen this yet.. so enjoy the sneak peak!
American Visionary painter, Helena Nelson-Reed specializes in fine art watercolor, pencil drawings, and illustration. A largely self taught artist whose educational emphasis and degree is in psychology, Nelson-Reed’s primary focus is exploring the collective consciousness and the portrayal of archetypal imagery in the tradition of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell.
“ Jack Parsons’ magickal black box discovered after his explosive demise.”
Image from Sex and Rockets The Occult World of Jack Parsons
anonymous said:
If a deity from a closed culture were to approach you, what should you do? Would working with them be considered cultural appropriation or offensive?
Firstly, we apologize for the original answer that was provided. The moderator is…I don’t quite understand this though. If the deity approaches you, they want you to be their follower. If you approach the deity and it’s a closed religion, then I can understand how that’s a big NG and you don’t do it. If the deity approaches you, they are interested in you; may have been keeping an eye on you; have liked you.
I know I feel a pull to Shiva (once or twice a year for the past four fucking years) that makes me nearly fucking cry, as well as several dreams in which Shesha has appeared, or His younglings since there was quite a mass of them, which states pretty boldly that Shiva (or someone in His court) wants me and yet I’m told that I can’t go anywhere near Him or They which, frankly, puts me in tears and makes me despair. Hell, the pull I feel does make me despair because of how strong it is. From what I understand, it’s akin to the Holy Ghost visiting Christians, that pull that feels just so right and you know what you are doing is right. To be told that I can’t approach Him… It’s like being told I can’t go near Mirage, my brother, or my parents. That I am not supposed to associate with them in any way, shape, or form. I know I’m supposed to, I know it’s what I should do because I love them, but nope. Can’t go there. I’m not allowed.
I just don’t get it…
It’s only a problem if you are investing PSG or any of the other tumblr pagans with an authority that they do not warrant
I know people want to think they have found answers here but no..
ARE YOU PART OF A CLOSED TRADITION?
DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH SANTERIA, VODOU, INITIATORY SYSTEMS OTHERWISE OF AFRICAN/INDIGENOUS HERITAGE OR IN SOME OTHERS PARTS OF THE WORLD?
NO?
THEN WHAT FUCKING AUTHORITY DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE THEY CAN TRANSGRESS AND VIOLATE THE TRADITIONS, RITUALS, CUSTOMS, AND RULES OF OPPRESSED PEOPLES?
CAN YOU TRY NOT TO BE AN IMPERIALIST IMBECILE? HOLY SHIT.
I don’t remember anyone electing you the Pope of diaspora. Cultural appropriation is such a bullshit overblown topic for over sensitive tumblr assholes who think they are right about everything. Stop asking these douchebags for permission. Ask the people who practice that tradition, but only if you want to practice openly. What you do in your own temple is your own fucking business. This is the way cultures learn from each other. It is a good thing to want to learn someone else’s faith. And don’t be bullied into thinking you must be an expert right out the gate. Everyone starts somewhere.Except these traditions can ONLY be practiced “openly”. Vodou, Santeria, they are COMMUNITY traditions, they are fundamentally incompatible with the idea of a “personal” religion that so many neopagans are apt to prefer. If you are not accepted by the community, you literally cannot be a Santero.
Oh,you’re a current practitioner of both Vodou and Santeria? You’re not? I guess you need to be drinking a big tall glass of shut the fuck up then.We have literally gone over this with a variety of Vodou, Voodoo, Vudu, Santeria, Candomble, Palo practitioners on this website and in real life. Like holy shit Scroll, pick up a goddamn book on these practices and actually go out and talk to them about it. You can’t “self initiate” into Santeria. Or a variety of other traditions. You can’t call yourself a “Mambo” behind closed doors and bibbidee bobbidee boo it comes true.
And yes, for what it’s worth, I do practice what is Vudu.
What would your Catholic elders say? Oh the hypocrisy!
Both CELAM and CEC, and in general most all of the Episcopal Conferences of Latin America have actually never given a public statement on these things.
The only reason why Santa Muerte was condemned was because gringo USCCB decided to tattle on CELAM’s silence to daddy.
Don’t patronize me Scroll.
But you ask for it so often. Seriously, if you directly asked them, how many bishops would say you can’t practice Vodou and be a good Catholic? 75%? At least 50%?
Think about that the next time you start spouting off and maybe you’ll learn to preface that shit with “In my opinion. …”
Meet the Pier Kids: The Homeless LGBT Youth of New York City
If you’re gay in New York City, you’ve probably been to Christopher Street in the West Village to get drunk or visit the historic-landmark-turned-gay-tourist-trap known as the Stonewall Inn. Chances are that you’ve also seen what director Elegance Bratton calls the “pier kids”—the homeless LGBT youth who congregate at the Christopher Street Pier, looking for everything from food to drugs to potential johns. According to statistics from the National Coalition for the Homeless, 20 percent of homeless youth are gay or transgender (roughly 320,000 to 400,000 young people according to one conservative estimate).
Filmmaker Elegance Bratton was one of these kids for ten years. To teach his family about his experience, he has spent three years filming the lives of three homeless kids—Krystal, DeSean, and Casper—for a documentary called Pier Kids: The Life. Recently, I went to the pier to sit down and talk to Krystal, one the film’s stars, about the movie, the Christopher Street Pier, and being homeless in New York City.
VICE: How did you end up homeless in New York?
Krystal: It was a choice between going back to Las Vegas or staying in Philadelphia. I went to my brother’s house in Philadelphia after being kicked out of the house at 16 by my mother. After I had spent six months there—he had a family, and I didn’t want to impose my lifestyle on his kids—I just went out on my own after that. After two or three years, I came to New York City and found the pier.Once you arrived in New York, how did you discover the pier and Christopher Street?
I had heard about some of the history about the riots, but I never really knew what the street was. But when I got here, I went to the food stamp office, and they gave me a pamphlet that told me that there was an LGBT community center that had programs. Some of the kids there said they were going to the pier after some of the support groups, so I went with them. It gave me a sense of being back on the west coast, with the water and people just hanging out, playing Spades and talking to friends, just finding some sense of normalcy in a situation that wasn’t normal.